Back in the early 1980’s my pastor and mentor, Rob Morgan, taught me, a young college student, to study the Bible. I remember well him telling me over and over again, Let the Bible speak for itself. Discover the meaning out of the text. Don’t read a meaning into the text. He was teaching me what’s called exegesis, the process of discovering the meaning of a biblical text. He showed me a simple exercise to help with exegesis. Write out a verse and skip a half page. Write another